Water,
a limited edition of eight clear glass water carafes designed by Amsterdam
based designer Pieke Bergmans, is a characteristic example of design deriving
from the arts and crafts tradition. A creative process closely affiliated
to fine arts, a process that has nothing to do product design in terms of
industrial mass production. Being hand crafted, the Water carafes are expected
to have flaws, actually having ‘flaws’ is part of their conception
to the point that one might wonder whether they are left unfinished or have
been distorted after their completion. Non finito, as the sculptures of
Michelangelo or destructed/deconstructed, the Water carafes become mysteriously
seductive. Defying rationality, they become the canvas for the expression
of emotions. Capturing our imperfection they become a re-inscription of
romanticism.